The true triplication of the thumb: A case of unclassified thumb polydactyly

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 321-323

  Yildirim, Serkan ^a,b   Taylan, Gaye ^a   Aydoǧdu, Eser ^a   Aköz, Tayfun ^a  

^a DR LUTFI KIRDAR KARTAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b Kozyataǧi Mah ^*  (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hand anomalies; Thumb polydactyly; Thumb triplication; Unclassified

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FEMALE; HAND MALFORMATION; HUMAN; METACARPAL BONE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYDACTYLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THUMB; THUMB MALFORMATION; THUMB POLYDACTYLY; THUMB RECONSTRUCTION;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; METACARPAL BONES; POLYDACTYLY; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; THUMB;

EID: 24044459741     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.sap.0000171426.12675.dd     Document Type: Article

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